Sarah Schechter

Sarah Schechter is the first female rabbi in the U.S. Air Force.^[1] She joined the Air Force as a chaplain candidate, and became a chaplain when she was ordained as a Reform rabbi in 2003.^[2] Her father was an Air Force chaplain in 1960.^[3]^[4]

She grew up in Manhattan, and decided to join the military immediately after the September 11 attacks, calling a recruiter on September 12.^[5] Her daughter Yael Emunah was born during her military service.^[6]

In 2013, she became the Jewish chaplain of the 11th Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and was featured on the chaplain section of the Air Force website.^[7]^[8]

She wrote the piece "Personal Reflection: A Rabbi in the Military", which appears in the book The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate, published in 2016.^[9]^[10]

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^ "Wise Temple". Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.
^ "None". Archived from the original on Oct 19, 2013. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.
^ Orlando Sentinel ^{[dead link]}
^ Shear, David (2 April 2013). "Female rabbi joins US Air Force". ynet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^ Ain, Stewart (20 April 2007). "Passover In The Trenches". jewishweek.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.
^ Air Force Captain and Reform Rabbi on Life as a Military Mom – The Sisterhood – Forward.com
^ "U.S. Air Force - Chaplain". www.airforce.com. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.
^ "Chaplain Serves as First Female Air Force Rabbi". Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^ Hirshel Jaffe (4 May 2016). "The Message of the Sacred Calling: Our Journey to True Equality | RavBlog". Ravblog.ccarnet.org. Retrieved 2016-05-26.
^ Zauzmer, Julie (2012-12-14). "'I not only envisioned it. I fought for it': The first female rabbi isn't done yet". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

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Media related to Sarah Schechter (rabbi) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Wise Temple". Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.

[2] "None". Archived from the original on Oct 19, 2013. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.

[3] Orlando Sentinel ^{[dead link]}

[4] Shear, David (2 April 2013). "Female rabbi joins US Air Force". ynet. Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[5] Ain, Stewart (20 April 2007). "Passover In The Trenches". jewishweek.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.

[6] Air Force Captain and Reform Rabbi on Life as a Military Mom – The Sisterhood – Forward.com

[7] "U.S. Air Force - Chaplain". www.airforce.com. Retrieved Sep 27, 2020.

[8] "Chaplain Serves as First Female Air Force Rabbi". Retrieved 29 October 2014.

[9] Hirshel Jaffe (4 May 2016). "The Message of the Sacred Calling: Our Journey to True Equality | RavBlog". Ravblog.ccarnet.org. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

[10] Zauzmer, Julie (2012-12-14). "'I not only envisioned it. I fought for it': The first female rabbi isn't done yet". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2016-05-26.

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